2014 World Series of Poker

Event #57: The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$15,306,668
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$37,333,338
Entries
42
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
200,000

Ivey Crosses Four Million

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

We arrived to find Rono Lo and Phil Ivey looking down at a board of {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} with about 1.5 million already in the middle. Lo checked over to Ivey and Ivey announced an all in bet. Lo sat pondering a call for his tournament life for well over a minute before deciding to release his cards.

With this hit, Lo is down to about 1.35 million in chips. Ivey, who is hot off of his 10th WSOP bracelet win, is now up to about 4.07 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
4,070,000
390,000
390,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Rono Lo ru
Rono Lo
1,350,000
-900,000
-900,000

Tags: Phil IveyRono Lo

Four Clubs on Board

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Niklas Heinecker checked to Isaac Haxton on a board of {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and he fired out 220,000. The German tank-called, bringing the pot to around 800,000, and the river was a fourth club - the {5-Clubs}.

Heinecker quickly checked, and Haxton tossed out 380,000. Heinecker folded, and his fellow high-stakes online cash game player was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Haxton
3,340,000
395,000
395,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Niklas Heinecker de
Niklas Heinecker
1,150,000
-410,000
-410,000

Tags: Isaac HaxtonNiklas Heinecker

A Four-Bet From Mercier

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Doug Polk called from the button. Daniel Colman three-bet from the small blind to 150,000 and Guy Laliberté called in the big blind.

The action was back on Mercier who tanked for a bit before throwing out a four-bet to 435,000. Polk folded his cards and Colman tanked for a while before also letting go.

Laliberté tanked and picked up his cards high enough for everyone to see, as he eventually folded two jacks.

"Are you happy now?" Polk jokingly said to Colman. "We all lost because of you. We could've just seen a flop and hit some s***."

Tony Gregg burst out in laughter, Mercier raked in the pot and the atmosphere remains very jovial at this table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Colman us
Daniel Colman
3,000,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Guy Laliberté ca
Guy Laliberté
2,940,000
-1,080,000
-1,080,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
1,980,000
768,000
768,000
WSOP 6X Winner

Tags: Daniel ColmanDoug PolkJason MercierTony Gregg

Seiver Tank-Folds to Ship

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

We arrived to find Dan Smith all in for his last 948,000 on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. With a substantial amount of chips already in the middle, Scott Seiver sat pondering a call.

"Ugh," lamented Seiver, leaning back in his chair and throwing his hands on his head.

Roughly two minutes passed while Seiver analyzed and attempted to come to a decision.

"Sorry guys," he said lowly to his table mates while he continued to think. After about two minutes, he opted to release his cards and Smith was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Seiver
3,140,000
355,000
355,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
2,160,000
655,000
655,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Dan SmithScott Seiver

Polk Trips Up Reinkemeier

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Tobias Reinkemeier led out for 200,000 on a board of {4-Spades}{k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, and Doug Polk made the call. The {8-Hearts} completed the board, Reinkemeier fired out another 450,000, and Polk tank-called.

Reinkemeier rolled over {2-Clubs}{2-Spades} for a pair of deuces, and Polk was awarded the pot with {k-Hearts}{q-Spades} for trip kings.

Polk got a three-bet through the next hand, and he's now up to 3.8 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Doug Polk
3,800,000
1,090,000
1,090,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Tobias Reinkemeier
2,300,000
-1,545,000
-1,545,000

Tags: Doug PolkTobias Reinkemeier

A Straight For Gregg

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The board read {A-Spades}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds} when Tony Gregg had put out a bet worth 311,000.

Daniel Colman analyzed the hand out loud and eventually he pulled the trigger.

Gregg showed {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a straight and the table joked that the man who won the pot always gets there.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Colman us
Daniel Colman
3,100,000
-520,000
-520,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
2,900,000
500,000
500,000

Tags: Daniel ColmanTony Gregg

Gruissem's Had Enough

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem - "I've had enough of this s***."
Philipp Gruissem - "I've had enough of this s***."

John Juanda raised to 47,000 from under the gun, and four players called - Philipp Gruissem (hijack), Talal Shakerchi (cutoff), Tom Hall (button), and Brian Rast (small blind).

The flop came {j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{j-Spades}, and the action checked to Hall, who fired out 150,000. Only Gruissem called.

The turn was the {7-Spades}, the duo both checked, and the {9-Clubs} completed the board. Gruissem checked, Hall tossed out four canary T100,000 chips, and the German looked like he was about to muck. At the last moment he let go of his cards, and tossed in a lavender T250,000 chip.

Hall rapped the table and pushed his cards forward, signifying that he was beat, and Gruissem showed {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

"It looked like you had another fold in you," David Sands told Gruissem.

The German smiled.

"I've had enough of this s***," he declared.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
5,100,000
-880,000
-880,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
4,200,000
650,000
650,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
2,390,000
-645,000
-645,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
2,120,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
1,275,000
-376,000
-376,000

Tags: Brian RastJohn JuandaPhilipp GruissemTalal ShakerchiTom Hall

Galfond Sends Choi Packing

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Stanley Choi
Stanley Choi

On the {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{6-Spades} flop, Stanley Choi was first to act against Phil Galfond. Choi fired a bet of 200,000, and Galfond went into the tank. Eventually, Galfond announced that he was all in.

Galfond had Choi well covered, and Choi had roughly 700,00 behind. Choi thought for about half a minute, then called, but saw the bad news when Galfond tabled the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for bottom set. Choi held the {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}.

The turn was the {K-Clubs} and that got Choi a bit excited. The river was the {4-Diamonds}, and Choi missed. Galfond won the pot, and Choi was eliminated.

Below are the full chips from the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
4,475,000
-275,000
-275,000
Profile photo of Phil Galfond us
Phil Galfond
4,350,000
300,000
300,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
3,680,000
709,000
709,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
3,300,000
-250,000
-250,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Rono Lo ru
Rono Lo
2,250,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
1,700,000
-215,000
-215,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Stanley Choi hk
Stanley Choi
Busted

Tags: Phil GalfondStanley Choi

Aces For Negreanu

Level 6 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Rono Lo just raised to 120,000 and the action folded to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. Negreanu three-bet to 320,000 and Lo snap-called the reraise.

The flop came down {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Negreanu tossed out another 320,000. Lo looked back down at his cards, shook his head and folded.

"You want to see one time?" Negreanu asked as he kindly flashed {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}.

Lo smiled, shook his head and left himself with 2.25 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
4,750,000
797,000
797,000
Profile photo of Rono Lo ru
Rono Lo
2,250,000
-470,000
-470,000

Tags: Rono LoDaniel Negreanu